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James Middleton: What is Kate and Pippa Middleton's younger brother up to now? Inside the youngest Middleton's life since the royal wedding, from his marshmallow business venture to his on-off relationship with Donna Air

JAMES Middleton has largely kept out of the limelight since his big sister Kate Middleton became the Duchess of Cambridge.

By Hayley Kadrou

Friday, October 13, 2017

James Middleton and Donna Air started dating back in 2013 [Wenn]

Since pregnant Kate Middleton became the Duchess of Cambridge in 2011, the entire Middleton family have been hurled into the limelight.

But where has youngest brother James Middleton, who gave lesson to the congregation of Kate's big day, got to since?

James Middleton's job

James Middleton launched marshmallow company Boomf in 2014 [Getty]

Pippa Middleton and James Middleton are very close [Getty]

James, 30, is a business man who's tried out several ventures over the years.

And they're not a far leap from his family's party planning business, as James previously ran a fancy baking company, Cake Kit Company, and made cakes for the likes of fashion brands such as Jigsaw and Ralph Lauren. Sadly however, the business is now defunct.

Michael and Carole Middleton's' only son also later set up his own novelty/personalised marshmallow brand, Boomf.

Pippa and James share a kiss following their marriage ceremony
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But in another blow for James, the company lost £243,976 last year, according to The Sun.

Academic struggles

James Middleton opened up about his academic struggles after his big sister Catherine married Prince William in 2011 [Getty]

The Middleton family headed to church together on Christmas Day [Getty]

James attended the University of Edinburgh in 2006 to study Environmental Resources Management, but dropped out after one year. After rising to fame, he later opened up about this struggles with dyslexia in a bid to raise awareness.

Speaking to British Dyslexia Association, he opened up about school struggles: "I was fine with numbers but it took me a longer time to grasp simple things like spellings. I used to spell everything phonetically, or I would have little tricks for words I could not figure out.

On preparing for his royal wedding speech, he explained: "I had to retype the whole of the reading phonetically, and that’s how I learnt it.

James continued: "In that way I became confident in it, and then I felt I was perfectly capable of doing it. At the end of the day, whether it was in a little church or Westminster Abbey didn’t matter, it was me, as a brother, doing a reading for my sister and her husband at their wedding and I wanted to do it right."

James Middleton's love life

Will James Middleton and Donna Air announce an engagement soon? [Getty]

While both his sisters have tied the knot, the only boy is yet to make such a commitment to long term girlfriend Donna Air.

The couple began dating in 2012, and seem happy in love once again after splitting for a "relationship sabbatical" in 2016.

After reuniting, he later told the Daily Mail: ‘Yes, it is. I can’t say everything that is happening with us."

He continued: "We are thinking about where we are going next. I love Donna very much and Freya is very much part of Donna, and I love them both equally."

James Middleton is dating Donna Air [Getty]

Donna, 38, is mum to Freya, 13, from her past relationship with Damian Aspinall.

With James also confessed "marriage is absolutely not something I’m scared of," could another wedding be on the cards soon for the Middleton family? We hope so!